User blog comment:ForrestFighter/Discussion of Triss(book)- First Essay/@comment-26538658-20160617194817

I honestly expected Kurda to defeat Triss, and then fall on Martin's sword. The thing with Triss besting Kurda was similar to Matthias slaying Asmodeus. I believe it was Martin's intervention. Martin intervened, and possibly he did the same thing with Triss.